21 August 2024
Moscow, the capital of Russia, may face an electricity shortage in the coming years.
Source: the draft General Scheme for the Development of Russian Energy until 2042, as reported by The Moscow Times
Details: The scheme prepared by the System Operator (the unified dispatcher of the Russian power system) estimates that Russia may face a deficit of 1.6 GW by 2030 and of 4.2 GW by 2042.
For the first time, the System Operator warned of future problems with the power supply of the Moscow Oblast last year, citing difficulties with the maintenance of foreign equipment as the reason.
The issue concerns gas turbines for thermal power plants that were left without spare parts and repairs following the strengthening of Western sanctions in June 2023.
Specifically, General Electric and Siemens refused to maintain the turbines of Russian thermal power plants. The System Operator estimates that foreign turbines facilitated about 9% of the capacity of the Russian energy system.
In order to cover the deficit in the power supply of Moscow, a new gas station with a total power of 1 GW must be built using power-steam units, the General Scheme states.
In addition to this, two direct current power transmission lines with a capacity of at least 1.5 GW each must be built between the Kursk and the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plants.
The cost of construction is estimated to be 174 to 351 billion roubles (US$1.9 billion to US$3.8 billion).
Background: The Moscow Stock Exchange has essentially turned into a currency exchange office, with the Chinese yuan now being its primary currency following the imposition of US sanctions.
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To put it in a nutshell, mafia land cannot look into a rosy future due to their ghoulish war criminal destroying its military, its economy, and its infrastructure. They deserve every bit of it.
Copy that. Kremlin Karma at work. Now they can have a taste of what innocent Ukrainians have gone through for years. And with no friends what will they do when all their former bitches laugh at them as they chop wood and send smoke signals to each other?
I think we’ll live long enough to see this happening to the shithole.
Everything is falling apart in Russia. Economy, transport, vital infrastructure (heating, etc.), dams, etc.
I remain convinced that sanctions are the best weapon to stop the genocide, put Ukraine in a good position to finalize the settlement of this war and above all put the Nazis in Moscow in a position TO NOT DO IT AGAIN for a long time.
We have the tools to do more, but not the will to do it. Ukraine is paying a colossal price for this.
The key word in your post is “will”. Our leaders have only a fraction of what’s required.